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Man Quotes by Daniel Webster
- Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The…
- Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.
- The right of an inventor to his invention is no monopoly - in any other sense than a man's house is a monopoly.
- Man is a special being, and if left to himself, in an isolated condition, would be one of the weakest creatures; but associated with his…
- If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity…
- I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.
- What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.
- No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation.
- Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.
- [I]f we and our posterity reject religious instruction and authority, violate the rules of eternal justice, trifle with the injunctions of morality, and recklessly destroy…
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- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
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- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle